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Thu, 02/02/2023 - 21:38
‘Labour’ leader finds time to tweet inanity, but not to support millions fighting for their families and class Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of workers went on strike to resist the Tories’ mass assault on the working class and to fight for their families, their jobs, their pay and the public services we all rely on. […]
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Thu, 02/02/2023 - 20:00
The European Research Council (ERC) recently announced the winners of their sizable “Consolidator Grants,” and several philosophers were among them. They are: A.J. Cotnoir (University of St Andrews) “Instruments of Unity: the Many Ways of Being One” We perceive unities everywhere: from ant colonies to cellular automata, from organisms to organisations. Yet we have little understanding of the general constraints by which they are unified. The Instruments of Unity Project tackles this abstract question in a way that provides concrete applicable answers. The core hypothesis: unity is a complex pluralistic phenomenon, requiring a multifaceted theoretical approach. We identify unity relations across a variety of formal settings in a way that is receptive to insights and tools from the cognitive and computing sciences, even addressing the ‘meta-question’ as to whether there’s any unity to the different types of unity. We plan to apply the resulting framework to problems in metaphysics, social ontology, and formal ontology.
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Thu, 02/02/2023 - 19:41

It’s 5:30AM and Tahmid, a junior doctor, has just woken up for a typical day at work. After his baby’s morning feed he’ll shower, get dressed, and maybe grab a cup of coffee if there’s time. Then there’s the 45-minute commute to the hospital. On the rare occasion that he gets in early, he’ll study […]

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Thu, 02/02/2023 - 17:43

A massive police raid foiled extremist plans to topple Germany’s government. But the timing of the plot and its absurdity raised questions about a state security role in instigating it – something seen many times in Germany’s past. On the morning of December 7th, 2022, Germany’s security services conducted the largest police raid in their history, as 3,000 officers stormed 130 properties spanning almost the entire country, as well as Austria and Italy. When the police sweep was over, 25 […]

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Thu, 02/02/2023 - 13:58
This week, the British Broadcasting Commission (BBC) released the results of an independent review into its coverage of economic matters – Review of the impartiality of BBC coverage of taxation, public spending, government borrowing and debt – which was completed in November 2022. The problem is that the Investigation conducted by this Review, while interesting and providing some good analysis, misses the overall source of the bias that our public broadcasters have fallen into. The problem is not that they might be favouring political positions of one party or another. Rather, the implicit framing and language they use to discuss economic matters is largely flawed itself. And the journalists who uncritically use these concepts and terms just perpetuate the fiction and mislead their audiences....
Bill Mitchell – billy blog
Investigation into BBC bias misses the point really
Bill Mitchell | Professor in Economics and Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), at University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Thu, 02/02/2023 - 12:58
This week, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) released the results of an independent review into its coverage of economic matters – Review of the impartiality of BBC coverage of taxation, public spending, government borrowing and debt – which was completed in November 2022. The problem is that the Investigation conducted by this Review, while interesting…
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Thu, 02/02/2023 - 12:06
Britain Stops Making Vaccine Available (But the Rich Will Still Get It)

So, here we go:

Now, I want to point out again, that at Davos, where the rich and powerful meet to decide the fate of the world, everyone has to be vaccinated, and has to be tested and if they aren’t or they test positive, their badges are deactivated.

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Thu, 02/02/2023 - 11:38
1 pint vanilla ice cream½ pint strawberry or raspberry ice cream½ pint pistachio ice creamChopped crystallised fruitsChopped nutsCrystallised fruits for decoration Mould vanilla ice cream around the inside of a 2-pint bombe mould or pudding basin, and place a smaller bombe mould or basin in the centre to hold the ice cream in position. Freeze. […]